Friday, January 4, 2013

Democrats fired multiple rounds Thursday in gun control battle...

Members of the 113th Congress introduced 10 bills on
Thursday relating to gun violence, most of which came from Democrats
seeking new restrictions on gun ownership.

The flurry of legislative proposals show that members are likely to
push the issue in the wake of the December shooting at a Connecticut
elementary school that left 20 children dead.

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), whose husband was shot to death in
1993, introduced four of the bills. The congresswoman has vowed to seek
changes in federal law in response to the school shooting.

H.R. 137 and 138 from McCarthy would require people prohibited from
buying firearms to be listed in a national database, and would prohibit
the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition clips.

McCarthy’s H.R. 141 would require criminal background checks on all
firearms transactions at gun shows, which would close the so-called
gun-show loophole. Her H.R. 142 would require face-to-face purchases of
ammunition, the licensing of ammunition dealers, and the reporting of
bulk ammo purchases.

Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) reintroduced his bill, H.R. 21, to require
background checks for all gun sales, and to require gun owners to report
when their guns have been stolen. Moran argued in December that while
the National Rifle Association objects to these changes, members of the
powerful group support them.